Commercial Aquaponics Business Plan

I'm trying to write a business plan for a commercial aquaponics "farm", but writing such a document is not really within my skill set, and I'm having trouble finding a good template to start from. Does anybody have such a business plan or template? Don't worry, I'm in Texas, so I won't be competition for you if you're elsewhere. :-)

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If you don't already have a system, I'd also recommend starting off with a small scale home system to get the hang of things. There are plenty of mistakes to be made in an aquaponics system and it's best to make them in an environment where it won't cost you a fortune. There's already enough of a learning curve going from small system to commercial size. No experience to commercial is a leap that's bound to be pretty costly, in my opinion.

It looks like several people have wrote there business plans. I have been looking for the perfect piece of property and found it. It has a major hwy frontage and it's about 6 acres big. Right now it's all timber but a local logging company will log enough to get a building up and not clean the whole place. They money from that will help me allot. So I'm asking for some help too. Usda has some grants I found out but time is short. swc64844@yahoo.com

Here are two business plans that we give our students as part our live 5-day Commercial Aquaponics and Solar Greenhouse Trainings. Email me directly at training@friendlyaquaponics.com if you'd like much more information on starting a commercial aquaponic business; it's a DropBox link, and I can't post it in a public forum such as this. Aloha, Tim...........

Chris, Whats the latest with your farm? How did the plan work out compared to reality once up and running. Well I hope. Would be interested in feedback. Regards, Alan

Chris Smith said:

Coastview Aquaponics has posted our business plan for a small commercial farm in our group. We hope that it helps others in the process, and we ask to see yours when you get it done. We spent MANY hour researching and writing this plan to customize it for our farm. We are in he process of updating the plan as it has been nearly a year since writing it. Our current focus has changed a little and needs to be reflected in the plan.